Passion And Perception

Author : Bruce R. Smith
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226763811
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Key of Green written by Bruce R. Smith and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Shakespeare’s “green-eyed monster” to the “green thought in a green shade” in Andrew Marvell’s “The Garden,” the color green was curiously prominent and resonant in English culture of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Among other things, green was the most common color of household goods, the recommended wall color against which to view paintings, the hue that was supposed to appear in alchemical processes at the moment base metal turned to gold, and the color most frequently associated with human passions of all sorts. A unique cultural history, The Key of Green considers the significance of the color in the literature, visual arts, and popular culture of early modern England. Contending that color is a matter of both sensation and emotion, Bruce R. Smith examines Renaissance material culture—including tapestries, clothing, and stonework, among others—as well as music, theater, philosophy, and nature through the lens of sense perception and aesthetic pleasure. At the same time, Smith offers a highly sophisticated meditation on the nature of consciousness, perception, and emotion that will resonate with students and scholars of the early modern period and beyond. Like the key to a map, The Key of Green provides a guide for looking, listening, reading, and thinking that restores the aesthetic considerations to criticism that have been missing for too long.

Author : Patrick Boyde
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521370097
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perception and Passion in Dante's Comedy written by Patrick Boyde and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-09-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reading of the Comedy in the context of thirteenth-century psychology and philosophy.

Author : Penney Peirce
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1582703906
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leap of Perception written by Penney Peirce and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to adapting to the holistic modern world's expanding paradigm of perception builds on the author's teachings in The Intuitive Way and Frequency to outline an effective life practice for resolving conflicts, expanding creativity, overcoming anxiety and focusing attention.

Author : Paul Taberham
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1785339028
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lessons in Perception written by Paul Taberham and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrative comprehension, memory, motion, depth perception, synesthesia, hallucination, and dreaming have long been objects of fascination for cognitive psychologists. They have also been among the most potent sources of creative inspiration for experimental filmmakers. Lessons in Perception melds film theory and cognitive science in a stimulating investigation of the work of iconic experimental artists such as Stan Brakhage, Robert Breer, Maya Deren, and Jordan Belson. In illustrating how avant-garde filmmakers draw from their own mental and perceptual capacities, author Paul Taberham offers a compelling account of how their works expand the spectator’s range of aesthetic sensitivities and open creative vistas uncharted by commercial cinema.

Author : Thomas F. Shipley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198040705
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Events written by Thomas F. Shipley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-25 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We effortlessly recognize all sorts of events--from simple events like people walking to complex events like leaves blowing in the wind. We can also remember and describe these events, and in general, react appropriately to them, for example, in avoiding an approaching object. Our phenomenal ease interacting with events belies the complexity of the underlying processes we use to deal with them. Driven by an interest in these complex processes, research on event perception has been growing rapidly. Events are the basis of all experience, so understanding how humans perceive, represent, and act on them will have a significant impact on many areas of psychology. Unfortunately, much of the research on event perception--in visual perception, motor control, linguistics, and computer science--has progressed without much interaction. This volume is the first to bring together computational, neurological, and psychological research on how humans detect, classify, remember, and act on events. The book will provide professional and student researchers with a comprehensive collection of the latest research in these diverse fields.

Author : Nick Chater
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300240619
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mind Is Flat written by Nick Chater and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a radical reinterpretation of how the mind works, an eminent behavioral scientist reveals the illusion of mental depth Psychologists and neuroscientists struggle with how best to interpret human motivation and decision making. The assumption is that below a mental “surface” of conscious awareness lies a deep and complex set of inner beliefs, values, and desires that govern our thoughts, ideas, and actions, and that to know this depth is to know ourselves. In this profoundly original book, behavioral scientist Nick Chater contends just the opposite: rather than being the plaything of unconscious currents, the brain generates behaviors in the moment based entirely on our past experiences. Engaging the reader with eye-opening experiments and visual examples, the author first demolishes our intuitive sense of how our mind works, then argues for a positive interpretation of the brain as a ceaseless and creative improviser.

Author : Barbara Foley
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822348292
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wrestling with the Left written by Barbara Foley and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-03 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth analysis of the composition of Invisible Man and Ralph Ellisons move away from the radical left during his writing of the novel between 1945 and 1952.

Author : Dr Robert J. Vallerand
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199777659
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Passion written by Dr Robert J. Vallerand and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of passion is one we regularly use to describe our interests, and yet there is no broad theory that can explain the development and consequences of passion for activities across people's lives. In The Psychology of Passion, Robert J. Vallerand presents the first such theory, providing a complete presentation of the Dualistic Model of Passion and the empirical evidence that supports it. Vallerand conceives of two types of passion: harmonious passion, which remains under the person's control, and obsessive passion, which controls the person. While the first typically leads to adaptive behaviors, the obsessive form of passion leads to less adaptive and, at times, maladaptive behaviors. Vallerand highlights the effects of these two types of passion on a number of psychological phenomena, such as cognition, emotions, performance, relationships, aggression, and violence. He also discusses the development of passion and reviews a range of literature on passion for activities.

Author : David McArthur
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781627471046
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Intelligent Heart written by David McArthur and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The laws of love increase happiness, heal sorrow and regret, and bond people in healthy, life-enriching relationships. Friends, lovers, parents, children, co-workers, and strangers will all be affected by your use of these simple yet, powerful laws of love.

Author : Jean Paul A. Zogby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780995734777
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Power of Time Perception written by Jean Paul A. Zogby and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does time seem to speed up as we grow older? Do you want to learn the secret of how to slow it down? Now you can! With access to in-depth research, you can learn how to extend the good times and fast forward through the bad ones with "The Power of Time Perception."